Article comprising a photodiode-side integrated fuse for avalanche photodetector focal plane array pixels and method therefor

摘要

A scalable fuse design for individual pixels of a focal plane array of photodiodes comprises a fuse disposed on the upper surface of each photodiode in the array, wherein the fuse is situated proximal to a side of each photodiode. The fuse of each photodiode is electrically coupled to the active region thereof via a first bus and is electrically coupled to an ROIC via a second bus.